<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><p style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Don’t forget the July 1 d</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#444444">eadline for Applications/Nominations for the <b>Pollinator Electric Power Award</b> presented by the
 North American Pollinator Protection Campaign.  This is a very short application.</span></p>
<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="display:none"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<div align="center">
<table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="500" style="width:375.0pt;border-collapse:collapse;border:none">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td width="300" valign="top" style="width:225.0pt;border:solid #a5a5a5 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><img width="423" height="282" style="width:4.4083in;height:2.9333in" id="m_-1875389314253958761m_-6651378009707791200_x0000_i1025" src="https://custom.cvent.com/0C2B71276B454075AA018365A85CB80E/pix/eda41581b1d5455da9e830d6e7b25602.jpg" alt="polinator-graphic-award-logo"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="300" valign="top" style="width:225.0pt;border-top:none;border-left:solid #a5a5a5 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:solid #a5a5a5 1.0pt;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt">
<h2 align="center" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:13.5pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center;line-height:18.0pt;background:white">
<strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333">EPRI and the North American Pollinator Protection Campaign</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333"><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Announce the Pollinator Electric Power Award</span></strong></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></h2>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="300" valign="top" style="width:225.0pt;border-top:none;border-left:solid #a5a5a5 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:solid #a5a5a5 1.0pt;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt">
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="300" valign="top" style="width:225.0pt;border:solid #a5a5a5 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt">
<p style="background:white"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#444444;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Pollinator Electric Power</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#444444"> </span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#444444">is
 a new initiative of the North American Pollinator Protection Campaign (NAPPC) to recognize electric power companies who are leading the field in pollinator</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Cambria Math",serif;color:#444444">‐</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#444444">friendly
 projects. In 2020, NAPPC will be awarding its inaugural Pollinator Electric Power Award. This award adds to the existing award categories, including Pollinator Advocates, Pollinator Conservation Farmer-Ranchers, Monarch Sustainers, and Pollinator Roadside
 Managers.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="background:white;font-stretch:inherit"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#444444;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">The Award</span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#444444"><br>
This award is eligible for Pollinator Electric Power Projects including, but not limited to utility rights-of-way, generation facilities (solar, wind, hydro, etc), substations, and surplus property. As a sponsor of the program, EPRI will not be represented
 on the award selection committee.<br>
<br>
<img width="1030" height="375" style="width:10.7333in;height:3.9083in" id="m_-1875389314253958761m_-6651378009707791200_x0000_i1026" src="https://custom.cvent.com/0C2B71276B454075AA018365A85CB80E/pix/202e77717d7f453cb6cd924a8b8c6a6e.jpg" alt="Pollinator pic"></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#444444;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Award Criteria </span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#444444">–
 Pollinator Electric Power Projects should meet the following criteria:</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li style="color:black;background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#444444">Demonstrates an exemplary long</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Cambria Math",serif;color:#444444">‐</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#444444">term
 commitment to provide pollinator habitat at managed facilities and/or on transmission or utility rights-of-ways.<br>
Supports pollinator-friendly plants or seeds</span><u></u><u></u></li><li style="color:black;background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#444444">Promotes pollinator-friendly vegetation management practices (Conservation mowing, IVM, etc.) on managed lands.</span><u></u><u></u></li><li style="color:black;background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#444444">Can describe the positive ecological and social benefits of the company's pollinator initiative.</span><u></u><u></u></li><li style="color:black;background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#444444">Engages the public through education and outreach as well as signage.</span><u></u><u></u></li><li style="color:black;background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#444444">Documented rights-of-way miles or acres benefited, or other ecologically-based metric, by the company's pollinator
 initiative, and plans for the future.</span><u></u><u></u></li></ul>
<p style="background:white;font-stretch:inherit"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#444444;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Key Dates </span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li style="color:black;background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#444444">Deadline for Applications/Nominations: July 1, 2020</span><u></u><u></u></li><li style="color:black;background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#444444">Award Announced: Summer/Fall 2020</span><u></u><u></u></li></ul>
<p style="background:white"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#444444;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Nominations</span></strong><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#444444;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#444444;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">To nominate a project for the NAPPC Pollinator Electric Power Award, please complete the online nomination form and submit your
 nomination by <strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">July 1st, 2020. </span></strong>Self-nominations are accepted. </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.cvent.com/api/email/dispatch/v1/click/847npvkjqmcz5v/wk5xvr5l/aHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZ3d3cucG9sbGluYXRvci5vcmclMkZuYXBwYyUyRmVsZWN0cmljLXBvd2VyLWF3YXJkJjF0OGw2VTJteVdaZllwUFdyaCUyQnFMR0V5YyUyRkMySTJia284QTYxRkNkWm1NJTNEJmh0dHBzJTNBJTJGJTJGd3d3LnBvbGxpbmF0b3Iub3JnJTJGbmFwcGMlMkZlbGVjdHJpYy1wb3dlci1hd2FyZA" target="_blank">https://www.pollinator.org/nappc/electric-power-award </a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div align="center"><table border="0" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="0" width="600" style="width:6.25in"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><br></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><td style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt"></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Kelly Rourke</span><span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Director of Programs and
Operations</span><span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Pollinator Partnership </span><span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">475 Sansome St., 17th Floor</span><span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">San Francisco, CA 94111</span><span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">e:  </span><a href="mailto:kr@pollinator.org" target="_blank">kr@pollinator.org</a><span style="color:black"> </span> <span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">w:  </span><a href="http://www.pollinator.org/" target="_blank">www.pollinator.org</a><br><span style="color:black">o:  415.362.1137</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">c:  585.255.0962</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/ThePollinatorPartnership" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><img border="0" width="40" height="40" src="cid:16cb6851e0a4ce8e91" alt="cid:image002.jpg@01D1AB75.BF85B7F0" style="width:0.4166in;height:0.4166in"></span></a><a href="http://twitter.com/Pollinators" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><img border="0" width="40" height="40" src="cid:16cb6851e0b5b006a2" alt="cid:image003.jpg@01D1AB75.BF85B7F0" style="width:0.4166in;height:0.4166in"></span></a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/pollinatorpartnership/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext"><img border="0" width="40" height="40" src="cid:16cb6851e0b6917eb3" alt="instagram" style="width:0.4166in;height:0.4166in"></span></a><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/PollinatorPartners" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><img border="0" width="40" height="40" src="cid:16cb6851e0b772f6c4" alt="cid:image005.jpg@01D1AB75.BF85B7F0" style="width:0.4166in;height:0.4166in"></span></a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://pollinator.org/index.html" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><img border="0" width="117" height="52" src="cid:16cb6851e0b8546ed5" alt="cid:image006.jpg@01D1AB75.BF85B7F0" style="width:1.2166in;height:0.5416in"></span></a> <span style="color:windowtext"><a href="https://www.pollinator.org/bff" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><img border="0" width="55" height="55" src="cid:16cb6851e0ba175ef7" alt="bee_friendly_Farmer_logo_CMYK[1]" style="width:0.575in;height:0.575in"></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.pollinator.org/monarch/mwaa" target="_blank"><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1K_2GEKKN0LrVoCJpR8qX-5oXdntxRnSx&revid=0B8boc4ZOHvNnV0tEMC9sUTRTZm8rYXk5QzJPbGlXT3FjMU0wPQ" width="78" height="96"></a><br></p><p style="margin-left:4.5pt;text-align:justify"><br><br></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>